1. Issues and Life Science
Unit B: Body Works
Mr. Forde
Scofield Magnet MS

2. Activity 12: What’s Happening Inside?
October 3-4, 2013
Getting Started: List as many human organs
as you can.
Introduction: Read and summarize pg. B-10
in 2 sentences.

3. Challenge: What do you know about organs and organ
systems of the human body?
Key Words:
System- A group of related parts that work together
Organ- a structure made of tissues that perform an
important body function (job).
Organ System- a group of organs that work together to
perform an important body function (job).

4. RACE:
Is the Human Body
an amazing machine?

5. Procedure: Have you read and do you understand the procedure for
part A pg. B11-B12 together? Write two sentences that describes
what you will be doing.
Results: Part A: Copy questions from part A “laying it out”
Part B: Write your grouped organs in your notebook
cardiovascular system, cell,
Complete student sheet 12.1 sheet
digestive system, excretory
system, function, muscular system,
Part C: Clay model
nervous system, organ,
reproductive system, respiratory
Part D: student sheet 12.2a and 12.2b
system, skeletal system, structure,
system (body system)
Analysis: Answer Analysis Questions 1,2, 5 and 6.
Reflection: What new things have you learned about the human
body in this activity?

12. Activity 13: Living With Your Liver
October 11, 2013
Getting Started: What do you know about your liver?
(one sentence)
Challenge: How does your liver help to keep your
body in balance?
Keywords: (vocab section)
Structure- the way in which parts are arranged
Function- job
Regulate- to control the rate or speed of something
Toxin- a poison that is harmful to the human body
Procedure: Read, Annotate and RACE the liver article.

13. Activity 14: Breakdown
October 8 -10, 2013
Introduction: Read p B-19 and describe the difference between mechanical and
chemical digestion.
Challenge: What are the common elements of all scientific problem-solving
methods?
Key Words: chemical breakdown, mechanical breakdown, surface area

14. Challenge: Why is it important to chew your food?
Procedure:
Design an experiment on digestion and have the following in your notebook:
•Title
•Purpose
•Variable being tested (Indep. Variable)
•Procedure
•Hypothesis
•Variables we are keeping the same
Results: •Data on data chart (in notebook) from your original experiment.
Analysis: Answer Analysis
Questions 1 - 3

15. •Title: Breakdown - Part B.
•Problem: What effect does
•Variable being tested (Indep. Variable):
•Hypothesis: If….. then….. because
•Variables we kept the same(Control Variables)
•Procedure:
Step 1Results: ______ sec.
Observations:

16. Activity 15: Digestion: An Absorbing Tale
October 21, 2013
Getting Started: Do question 1 on student sheet
15.1 (Burrito) on back 1/2 of page.
Challenge: How does your digestion system work?
Key Words:
Absorb (absorption)- moving of nutrients from
the digestive system to your blood
Nutrients: completely broken down food
Analysis: Answer Analysis Questions 2 an3 for HW
(discuss 4 and 6 in class)
Reflection: Sheet 15.1

18. Villi

19. Digestive system organs:
Mouth- teeth and tongue – mechanical digestion
- saliva – chemical digestion (starches)
Esophagus- connects mouth to stomach
- wave like motion
Stomach- churns foods- mechanical digestion
- powerful acid – chemical digestion of proteins
Liver and Pancreas- sprays digestive juices onto the food
as it leaves the stomach to digest fats and reduce acidity.
Small Intestine- Site of MOST chemical digestion; Villi absorb
nutrients here
Large Intestine- Solid waste formed and water reabsorbed.

20. Activity 16: Support System: Bones, Joints and Muscles
October 23-25 2013
Introduction: Read intro on pg. B28
Challenge: How do the structures in a chicken wing or a human
arm enable it to perform its function?
Key Words:
Bone- a tissue made of bone cells surrounded by calcium
phosphate.
Cartilage- a slippery tissue located at the ends of bones, your
ears and the tip of your nose.
Joint- a location where two bones meet
Ligament- tissue that connects Bone to Bone.
Tendon- Tissue that connects Muscle to Bone.

21. The functions (Jobs) of the bones:
1)Protection- (rib cage, skull etc.)
2)Support
3)Production of blood cells in marrow
(Center part of long/flat bones)
4)Movement (with skeletal muscles)
5)Mineral Storage (Calcium)

25. Activity 17: Gas Exchange
October 30, 2013
Getting Started: Complete the
anticipation guide 17.1 “before”
Challenge: How much carbon
dioxide is in your exhaled breath?
Key Words:
Indicator – are chemicals that
change their appearance in
different solutions.
Respiratory System – the body
system that allows you to take in
oxygen and release carbon dioxide.
----------------------------------------------Procedure: Have you read and do
you understand the procedure for
part A on pg. B39-B40? Write two
sentences that describe what you
will be doing.

26. Results: Part A results- create this chart.
CUP
Initial BTB Final BTB After Adding
color
color
Sodium hydroxide
A (control)
X
B (air)
X
C (sodium
hydroxide)
X
D (exhaled
breath 1)
E (exhaled
breath 2)
Part B- ______ - number of drop it took to match the BTB control color.
Analysis: Part B- Answer Analysis Questions 3 - 7 pg. B43
Reflection: If you had pneumonia, which limits your ability to take exchange oxygen, how
do you think you would feel?

30. RACE:
R— Re-state question
A— Answer question
-------------------------------------------------C— Cite Evidence
“ I know this because……”
E— Expand answer
“This tells me that……..”

31. Challenge: How can you quantitatively measure your level of fitness?
Key Words: Pulse
Procedure: Follow along on pages B51 - B52
Results:
•What do you predict your resting heart rate will be per minute? _________beats/min
•After moderate exercise what will your heart rate be per minute? _________beats/min
Use data sheet 19.1 “Pulse Data” for all additional data.
Analysis: Answer Analysis Questions 1 - 3 pg. b52 - b53. (HW q 4 pg b-53

33. Feel the Beat! (Embedded Task)
October 28 and 30, 2013
Getting Started: Think of two different activities that might impact your heart rate? (Be
creative… it doesn’t have to be exercise.)
Introduction: We will be using inquiry think sheets to design our own original “Feel the beat”
experiments!

35. Pulse- the throbbing of arteries as
blood is pushed through them by
the heart
Circulatory System- the system that
circulates blood around your body.
Respiratory System- the body system
that allows you to take in oxygen and
release carbon dioxide.

36. Activity 18: The Circulation Game
November 13, 2013
Introduction: Read pg. B-45 and discuss with class.
Challenge: What does the blood do as it travels around
the body?
Key Words:
Cardiovascular System (circulatory system)- made
up of the heart, arteries, veins and capillaries that
transport blood around the body.
Vein- A vessel that returns blood to the heart
Artery- a vessel that carries blood away from the
heart
Capillaries- Very tiny blood vessels that connect
arteries to veins. They deliver Oxygen to the tissues.

38. Key Words: Cardiovascular System
Procedure: Do part A on pg B46 - B47 and discuss with your team.
Do part B on pg B48 and play or observe the game.
Results:
Analysis: Answer Analysis Questions 1 - 6.

40. Activity 21: Inside a pump?
November 14 , 2013
Getting Started: When we played the circulation game did blood travel in more
than one direction?
Introduction: Read intro on pg. B59

41. Challenge: What type of pump is better for pumping water? What does this tell you about
the structure of your heart?
Procedure: Experiment with both types of bulbs and try and make them work like your
heart might.
Analysis: Answer Analysis Questions 1,2, and 3.
Reflection: What new things have you learned about the heart in this activity?

42. Activity 22: The Heart a Muscle?
November 18, 2013
Getting Started: If your heart beats 70 times per minute, how many times does it
beat in a day? Show your work.
Introduction: Read intro. page B-62

43. Challenge: How can you measure how hard the heart works?
Procedure: See page B-63
Analysis: Answer Analysis Questions 2, 3 and 4
Reflection: What new things have you learned about the heart in this activity?

44. STEM Activity: Working heart or lung model.
November 12
Getting Started: Describe a few ways you can you create a model of the heart or lungs?
Introduction:You will be challenged to plan and develop a model or the heart or lung.

45. Engineering Design Cycle

46. Activity 23: HEART PARTS
November 19 , 2013
Getting Started: How is the heart
designed to force blood to flow in
one direction?
Intro: Read intro on page B-65
Challenge: How does your heart
work as a double pump?
Key Words:
Atrium- a chamber in which blood
enters the heart
Ventricle- a chamber in which blood
is pumped to the lungs or body,
Valves: a device that controls the
flow of a liquid.

48. Results: Answer Stopping to Think questions in notebook.
Analysis: Answer Analysis Questions 1, 2 and 4.

50. Activity 25: Healing the Heart
Homework
Getting Started: Do you know someone who
has had a heart problem? What is it?
Challenge: What are some risks in developing
new treatments for heart problems?
Procedure: Do the reading pg. B-73 - B-76
Results: Complete three level reading guide
and timeline sheet.
Analysis: Answer Analysis Questions 1 - 5.

52. Activity 27: The Pressure’s On
Optional
Getting Started: hat kind of heart problems
have you heard of? How do they effect the
heart?
Challenge: What are the effects of high blood
pressure on the heart?
Key Words: blood pressure
Procedure: Have you read and do you
understand the procedure on pg. B83 -B84?
Write two sentences that describe what you
will be doing.
Results: Complete the blood pressure data
sheet.
Analysis: p. B-84 analysis question 3 in your
notebook

54. Activity 28: Heart Problems
November 17 , 2010
Optional
Getting Started:
Introduction: Read and summarize pg. B-10
in 2 sentences.
Challenge: What causes a heart attack or
stroke?
Key Words: Coronary Arteries, Risk Factors
Procedure: Read the passage together and
use the “problems of the heart” sheet.
Results: Answer the “stopping to think”
questions below.
Analysis: p. B-89 analysis questions 1 and 2
in your notebook
Reflection: What can you do to improve or
maintain the health of your heart?

56. Activity 29: Helping Hearts
Optional Project
Getting Started: Take the heart risk quiz.
Introduction: Are there healthy choices you can
make to help your heart?
Challenge: What is your relative risk of heart
disease? How can you convince people to make
choices hat reduce their level of risk?
Key Words: voluntary
Procedure: Have your team take the heart risk quiz
and decide which items are voluntary.
Results: Part A: Take the healthy choices quiz and
determine which are voluntary.
Part B: Write your “Make Healthy
Decisions” Brochure!

57. Notebook Quiz #2
Question 1: What is the challenge question of activity 13?
Question 2: What is the definition of the word “Nutrients”?
Question 3: What is the name of Activity 14?
Question 4: List 5 digestive system organs. (activity 15)
Question 5: What are 4 jobs of the bones? (activity 16)
Question 6: What is the definition of the word “Capillaries”?
Question 7: On what date did we do Activity 22?
Question 8: What is the getting started question of activity 23?

58. Activity 21: Inside a pump?
November 5 , 2010
Getting Started: When we played the circulation game did blood travel in more
than one direction?
Introduction: Read and summarize pg. B-10 in 2 sentences.

59. Challenge: What do you know about organs and organsystems of the human body?
Key Words: cardiovascular system, cell, digestive system, excretory system, function,
muscular system, nervous system, organ, reproductive system, respiratory system, skeletal
system, structure, system (body system)
Procedure: Have you read and do you understand the procedure for part A pg. B11-B12
together? Write two sentences that describes what you will be doing.
Results: Part A: Copy questions from part A “laying it out”
Part B: Write your grouped organs in your notebook
Complete student sheet 12.1 sheet
Part C: Clay model
Part D: student sheet 12.2a and 12.2b
Analysis: Answer Analysis Questions 1,2, 5 and 6.
Reflection: What new things have you learned about the human body in this activity?

60. In your opinion, which risk factor do
you believe contributes the most to
heart disease?